#162E48#162E48

#162E48 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.056 H 251.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162E48
RGB	rgb(22, 46, 72)
HSL	hsl(211, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(211, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 36.1%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.33, 0.27, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.33, 18.97, 270.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.57% -0.0175 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(29.57% 0.056 251.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.4771, 2.5922, 6.4994)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162E48 #483016

analogous

#164748 #162E48 #171648

triadic

#162E48 #48162E #2E4816

tetradic

#162E48 #481647 #483016 #164817

square

#162E48 #481647 #483016 #164817

split-complementary

#162E48 #481716 #474816

monochromatic

#070F17 #081019 #162E48 #244C77 #336AA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.83

#162E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#162E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162E48

13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162E48	1.00	13.83	1.52	13.83
#FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232F49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 46, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.056 251.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59667b',
    500: '#162e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162e48;
$custom-light: #59667b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29568,
    "c": 0.05641,
    "h": 251.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162E48

secondary

#7F5E3A

accent

#974BDD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162E48

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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